Research IT Services

The Research IT Services (RITS) department develops, delivers and operates services to assist UCL researchers in meeting their objectives at each stage of the research lifecycle. These pages are here to help UCL researchers and other users to take full advantage of our services and include comprehensive user guides, contact information for support queries, and details about forthcoming training and events.

We now have a single simplified application process for all of our research computing platforms. You can find more information and access the account application form on our Account Services guide on the research computing wiki.

Account sponsors

If you are a student or postdoctoral researcher, your application must be approved by a permanent member of staff (normally your supervisor or PI). You will need to enter the username of this sponsor in the application form, and an email will be sent to this person asking them to approve the application before the account can be created.

Permanent members of staff do not need a sponsor, but will also receive an email asking them to approve the application before the account can be created.

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About Research IT Services

Service news & related information

News articles

We are happy to announce that we are moving ahead with the development of a new high-performance computing facility in our Slough data centre. The new machine is to be called 'Grace' in honour of pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper and is expected to enter service in early November 2015.

The EPSRC have announced a funding opportunity aimed at supporting individuals with combined expertise in programming and a solid knowledge of the research environment. UCL's Research Software Development Group (RSDG) would welcome candidates who are interested in submitting a joint proposal to work as part of RSDG and in a UCL academic department.

We are pleased to announce that the next call for proposals
for free research software development is now open. UCL researchers are invited
to submit projects which will benefit from collaboration with the Research
Software Development Team.

Software Carpentry is
a volunteer organisation whose goal is to make scientists more productive, and
their work more reliable, by teaching them basic computing skills. Founded in
1998, it runs short, intensive workshops that cover program design, version
control, testing, and task automation. In October 2014, a non-profit Software
Carpentry Foundation was created to act as a governing body for the project.